Fruits and Stars

Players seeking the best online slots will want to look closely at Fruits and Stars, a fiery fruit title released by Fazi.

There are some solid bonuses such as two progressive jackpots and a Gamble feature, but this is an old-school fruit slot – solid fundamentals are the story here, not flashy graphics or big features.

Theme

The modern popularity of video slots makes it easy to forget the genre’s humble origins: the original slots were analog ‘one-armed bandits’ found in seedy bars before they were available in casinos. In its way, Fazi pays homage to this lineage in this slot.

This is a minimalist title – rather than a gateway to big bonus features, base play is the core of this game.

Naturally, when a designer places the basics at center stage, fundamentals have to be absolutely on point. Visually, there’s no question that this is the case: all gaming symbols are rendered beautifully, with subtle animated sequences accompanying each win. A simple, dark-blue background makes for a calm visual environment.

As is to be expected, fruits provide most of the gaming symbols – lemons, cherries, oranges, watermelons, and plums – while golden bells and lucky sevens complete the set (the last of which acts as wild, substituting for other symbols to form winning combinations).

This slot’s most important symbol, however…

… is the star scatter symbol. This is the only symbol that pays in any position, regardless of payline. It also offers a game-best payout of 500 times the total bet for five-of-a-kind wins.

Betting Options and Functions

This slot offers 20 adjustable paylines, all paying from left to right. Bet per line can be set from 0.01 – 2.00 for an overall per-spin bet range is 0.01 – 40.00 times the betting currency.

Autoplay can be engaged for up to 1,000 spins at a time, with limits available for single wins or bankroll swings of a selected size and options for quick spins. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is unknown.

Bonus Features

• The “2X” symbol on the left of the reels activates the Gamble option
• Players attempt to predict the color of the next playing card to appear.
• A correct guess doubles the size of the win; an incorrect guess drops the win total down to zero.
• The max gamble limit is 2000.00.

• Progressive jackpots are available at random on any spin.
• Higher-level bets are more likely to result in jackpot wins.

Our Take

A simple, well-built slot is a rare and welcome sight in today’s online gambling landscape – sometimes it seems that every new title is obsessed with maximizing the number of bonus features available, often at the expense of overall quality. That’s not the case here. Rather, Fazi has built an elegant, subtle slot in Juicy Hot… one that every serious gamer will want to explore.

Players who enjoy this game’s design style should explore Burning Ice, a three-reel mini-slot with a similar visual approach.